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Article #350Re: Just my opinon, but you might want to reconsider using a winmodem...
From: Dave Hitt
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 00:00
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"Dan D." <dand@rmi.net> wrote: >In co.general Mike Berger <berger@shout.net> wrote: >->I'd avoid winmodems if at all possible. > >I avoid internal modems if at all possible. A hung modem can >be reset all by itself without having to reboot my computer. And with internals often a warm boot does *not* reset the modem! You've got to do a cold boot to be sure. Another huge problem with winmodems is support. Call any ISP and tell them you're having a problem with a winmodem, and they'll tell you to get rid of it and buy a standard, working modem. ---- How does it feel to be, one of the beautiful, zygotes? Read "I Am The Eggman" in the latest Hittman Chronicle http://home.nycap.rr.com/hittman/ -Dave Hitt hittman@bigfoot.spamblocker.com (Remove "spamblocker" to reply)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11474a,3879a2a5ff6c5554 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,3879a2a5ff6c5554 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,3879a2a5ff6c5554 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 107cd9,3879a2a5ff6c5554 X-Google-Attributes: gid107cd9,public From: Boy.do.I@Hate.spammers (Dave Hitt) Subject: Re: Just my opinon, but you might want to reconsider using a winmodem... Date: 1999/11/06 Message-ID: <382944c0.78917768@news1.newscene.com> X-Deja-AN: 545214430 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <RulT3.405$Og.652@wormhole.dimensional.com> <s1sufa9924219@corp.supernews.com> <MPG.1289593ff6038b698a08f@news.mindspring.com> <382072E8.719B43AA@shout.net> <GH2U3.54$f22.2163@den-news1.rmi.net> Organization: Newscene Public Access Usenet News Service (http://www.newscene.com/) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: co.consumers,co.general,alt.consumers.experiences,misc.consumers